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Colorado Revised Statutes Title 43. Transportation § 43-1-101. Legislative declaration

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the creation of a department of transportation in Colorado is necessary to:

(a) Provide strategic planning for statewide transportation systems to meet the transportation challenges to be faced by Colorado in the future;

(b) Promote coordination between different modes of transportation;

(c) Integrate governmental functions in order to reduce the costs incurred by the state in transportation matters;

(d) Obtain the greatest benefit from state expenditures by producing a statewide transportation policy to address the statewide transportation problems faced by Colorado; and

(e) Enhance the state's prospects to obtain federal funds by responding to federal mandates for multimodal transportation planning.

(2) The general assembly further finds and declares that nothing in this article and nothing incident to the creation of a department of transportation shall be construed to permit the use of any moneys in the highway users tax fund or any moneys in the aviation fund for any purposes prohibited by the provisions of section 18 of article X of the state constitution.

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